Riata Capital Group, LLC
Lora DeVuono is a seasoned marketing executive with over 30 years of experience in consumer marketing, currently serving as Co-Founder and Principal at Inspira Marketing Partners Ltd since 2007. Prior to this, Lora held significant positions at PepsiCo, including SVP/Group VP of Brand Marketing and Advertising at Frito-Lay, where responsibilities included managing an $11 billion brand portfolio. Additional roles have included Operating Partner at Riata Capital Group, LLC and Chief Marketing Officer at Acuity Eyecare Group. Early career experiences featured business and brand management roles at The Quaker Oats Company and General Mills. Lora holds an MBA in Marketing from Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BA in Liberal Arts from Southern Methodist University, complemented by senior management training at prestigious institutions.
Riata Capital Group, LLC
RCG is a leading Dallas-based private equity investment firm that partners with seasoned management teams to invest in growing, profitable, privately held companies with a focus on three industry sectors: business services, consumer, and healthcare services. The firm takes a selective approach to investing in high-potential businesses whose owners and management teams want an investment partner with the capital, experience, and track record of successful collaboration required to achieve their liquidity and value-creation objectives. Over the course of their 25-year careers, the principals of RCG have deployed over $2 billion of capital into more than 45 platform investments and 200 add-on acquisitions totaling in excess of $6.9 billion in transaction value. The firm targets equity investments of $25-150 million in companies with $5-30 million of EBITDA.